The streets of the city were always dangerous, as far as Sarah could remember. But now, after discovering the sinister truth behind reality, even her own shadow could give her the creeps.
Dark Streets & Darker Secrets is a Street & Sorcery Rules Light Role-Playing Game with an Old School spirit, just like its predecessors: Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells and Solar Blades &... [click here for more]

The year is 2095. The world has been ravaged by global warming, subjected to the horrors of nuclear war and natural disaster. In East Asia, the Bear and the Dragon battle for control of the resource-rich continent, and an emergent A.I. known only as Charon has destabilized the whole of Europe, sparking revolution and chaos not seen since the Second World War.
On the North American... [click here for more]

Be Sure to Check out Deadball: 1909, Deadball: Year II, and Deadball: Year III Available Now!Or Make it a Grand Slam With Deadball Complete: In Print or PDF!"Breezy fun…. [Deadball] captures the spirit and feel of the sport." —Baseball Prospectus"With Deadball you can simulate America’s Pastime during... [click here for more]

FULL METAL CYBERPUNK!
In a not-so-distant future, the world has been ravaged by global warming, subjected to the horrors of nuclear war and natural disaster, witnessed the collapse of the mightiest nation in the history of the world, and the rise of other nations to take its place. In East Asia, the Bear and the Dragon battle for control of the resource-rich continent, and an emergent... [click here for more]

Welcome to One Page Apocalypse, a simple and easy role-playing-game for the solo player. You only need some printer paper, dice, and a pencil to play, making it perfect for a plane ride, hotel room, or anywhere else. The game works with a procedurally generated game map, adding some randomness to the game.
This first volume marks the opening to Season 1 of the game--set in chilling nuclear winter... [click here for more]

The Exodus System takes classic OSR games and adds modern innovations. This book is suitable for playing sci-fi, fantasy, and all sorts of other genres. It takes inspiration from such other systms as Savage Worlds and the Cypher System.
For Players:
-Fast Character Creation: Get a PC made in minutes
-Versatile Options: Every character is useful at something, both in and out of combat
-Create-a-Class:... [click here for more]

VENTURE INTO THE DARK PLACES OF THE WORLD!Dark Fantasy Places is a collection of tables and short essays to inspire the creation of fantastic places: villages, ruins, forests, etc . You can also use this book to generate dark fantasy places for stories, comic books, etc.
The focus is on dark fantasy tropes: flawed heroes, terrible villains, corrupting magic, ominous... [click here for more]

In the world of Crystal Heart, people's hearts are literally made of stone. Agents of the mysterious organization Syn scour the world in search of Crystals, powerful relics of a bygone age.
Syn Agents replace their hearts with these Crystals, which grant incredible powers... but also affect the bearer’s personality in unpredictable ways.
Inspired by the styles and sensibilities... [click here for more]

“Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread.” ... [click here for more]

1922 Arkham, Massachusetts, A Letter from Herbert West, Professor at Miskatonic UniversityDear Friend,It has always been rumored that there are tunnels running under the campus of Miskatonic University. Long have students and faculty alike speculated about the strange possibility that these tunnels exist--and yet no one has ever proven their existence. Many have speculated... [click here for more]

The Book of Worlds is a comprehensive guide to building fantasy worlds.
Starting from scratch, this book will show you how to map continents, design cities, build adventuring regions, and more. You may also generate characters, civilizations, religions, magical systems, dungeons, creatures, natural wonders, dynamic plots, and other elements to create your own lore and adventure-filled world.... [click here for more]

Your team needs to recover a stolen package-FAST!
The metroplex is abuzz at a heist that was pulled off from a downtown megacorp last night. That corp needs it back before something has a chance to go terribly wrong.
They cannot afford a public relations disaster, leaving them willing to pay top dollar. Looks like a chance to cash in on some easy money to find a lost package. Things get a little... [click here for more]

Need some cyberpunk-themed figure flats for your next game?
Look no further!
Enclosed is an assortment of paper models or “figure flats” intended to represent characters on the tabletop in skirmishes and other situations where it’s important to tell who is where.
Just print out on regular copy paper (or on cardstock if you’d prefer a bit more weight), then cut out and... [click here for more]

Welcome to One Page Dungeon. A simple and easy role-playing-game for one player. As the title suggests, you can play with a single sheet of paper. This game is perfect for a plane ride, hotel room, or anywhere else. You can even compete with your friends to see who can get the most gold.
The game works simply. You move along a grid, creating new random rooms and corridors with random monsters and... [click here for more]

Sagas & Six-Guns is a Savage Worlds Adventure Edition setting and rulebook about a mythical and uninhabited frontier settled by Scandinavian cultures. A mash-up of the Old West and the Old Norse, Sagas & Six-Guns is what happens when Beowulf takes on Grendel with a pair of six-shooters and his trusty axe.
The setting and rule-book is written... [click here for more]

Do you want to write better role playing game story plots? Don't have much time but would like to have engaging storylines for your players to explore?
Key highlights:
Harness your full personal capability using keyword association
Write fast - as quickly as in 10-15 minutes from scratch to gaming table
Be more varied than ever - avoid cliched anti-climatic story arcs
How to run... [click here for more]

April 2020 update: I'm setting Sagas to Pay What You Want indefinitely. In addition 50% of all profits will go to the local Red Cross until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. June 2020 update: I'm gonna keep the PWYW model but the covid-19 pandemic is effectively over in my country, so starting with this month donations will be made to Black Lives Matter and associated organizations... [click here for more]

You remember, don't you? The sounds of battle heard through the clatter of dice? The shuffling of character sheets? The war stories shared with fellow campaigners?There is a longing in the soul of every adventurer and though it sometimes fades to a whisper, you still hear it. Swords & Wizardry Continual Light marks your return to fantasy roleplaying - or if you're curious what fantasy... [click here for more]

Kaigaku brings dramatic samurai action back to your tabletop! It's based on the innovative Black Hack rules set originally created by David Black. This game is easy to learn and you can get a party of characters created and a game started in just minutes.
This samurai RPG allows you to become a mighty bushi, a devious courtier, a stealthy ninja or a powerful ascetic martial artist and defend the... [click here for more]

Adventure Design in Practice is a structured analysis on my upcoming next adventure that will hit the gaming table with my regular group in three days from the time of writing this. It is my personal preparation work in a documented format with designer notes in a classic game master guide style.
I analyze collaborative storytelling and how it can be fused with more linear story design.... [click here for more]

1922 Arkham, Massachusetts, A Letter from Herbert West, Professor at Miskatonic UniversityDear Friend,Since last we met, I’ve discovered something even worse than we ever imagined. The cult we pushed out of the Miskatonic University campus, the ones we thought we wiped out from the tunnels of the Black Cave, have found a new home in Arkham Woods. This time, they... [click here for more]

Encounters are the motor of your storytelling. The way they are structured contributes the most to your table top experience.
I've compiled a collection of design principles for encounters using my business consultancy skillset. It's been refeshing to deploy those practices to role playing domain and I feel it has given me a new angle to the subject in general.
Key highlights and learning include:... [click here for more]

Welcome to Frostmire, a frozen and harsh fantasy world where only the bravest (or perhaps foolhardy) heroes dare to venture. This chilling and somewhat dark realm is the setting for Season 2 of One Page Dungeon. Each volume will build upon the last, offering new snowy and frost-covered caverns and dungeons in each entry--along with new monsters, spells, and class options as well. Each entry stands... [click here for more]

1922 Arkham, Massachusetts, A Letter from Herbert West, Professor at Miskatonic University
Dear Friend,
It seems I am forced, once again, to call upon you for your services. I hate to draw you away from the much-needed rest you are getting since our last encounter on the campus of Miskatonic University--but this is a matter of life and death.
I have it on good authority that something... [click here for more]

Welcome to Undead Nights, a ChapBook Roleplaying Game (CBRPG). What is a ChapBook game? It is a light pen and paper game where the rules take up no more than thirty to forty pages total. It is intended to be fast to learn and easy to play.
What is Undead Nights? It is a game of horror adventure and survival set in the nuclear zombie apocalypse.
What do you need to play? You’ll need this... [click here for more]

I was inspired by reading news articles and the themes our society is dealing with today like planned parenthood, gun control, animal rights etc. and considered they would make nice pastiches if adopted to RPG plots.
Please note I've written all of the plot examples for D&D-like fantasy settings.
Examples:
Animal rights: A local ruler organizes brutal gladiatorial fights in... [click here for more]

Nominated for the 2018 ENnies Product of the Year, The Happiest Apocalypse on Earth is set in a fictional theme park called Mouse Park. Its special blend of satire and horror takes collaborative storytelling to the brink, where players can take on the role of guests or staff in a theme park that barely masks a terrible horror lurking beneath.
What horror Mouse Park brings is up to you—the... [click here for more]

Welcome to One Page Dungeon. A simple and easy role-playing-game for one player. As the title suggests, you can play with a single sheet of paper. This game is perfect for a plane ride, hotel room, or anywhere else. You can even compete with your friends to see who can get the most gold.
The game works simply. You move along a grid, creating new random rooms and corridors with random monsters and... [click here for more]

The Sci-Fi expansion for The Exodus System allows you to take your games into space and beyond. A standalone supplement for the bestselling Exodus System RPG, this is a vastly expanded book that includes tools to make it easier for you to play games in space, on alien worlds or even in cyberspace. It's expanded beyond the basic Sci-Fi SRD with new rules for mass battles, new Flavors, and more
Character... [click here for more]

Mild-mannered school teacher Ichabod Crane loves ghost stories and occult tales. So much so that he reads them to his classroom each morning during the witching autumn months. Upon receiving a mysterious package one day, Ichabod finds a book inside. Its pages contain frightening yarns about Horseman Hollow just outside of town, and he can’t resist the urge to read it out loud to his students.... [click here for more]

"Commander’s Log - Solardate 11.12.30 Due to an unforeseen systems malfunction, while passing through an anomaly, our warp drive has lost all power. Additionally, it has managed to power down all of our weapons systems onboard the U.S.S. Frontiersman. Usually, such a malfunction would be little more than a minor setback. It may even prove a useful piece of scientific and engineering research... [click here for more]

Welcome to One Page Dungeon: Frostmire, a simple and easy role-playing-game for the solo player. You only need some printer paper, dice, and a pencil to play, making it perfect for a plane ride, hotel room, or anywhere else. The game works with a procedurally generated dungeon, adding some randomness to the game. The second volume of the FrostMire season takes place during the Yuleton Celebration in... [click here for more]

From Origins award winning designer Lester Smith. With former Dragon Magazine editor Dale A. Donovan.
Five-minute character creation.
Quick-and-easy tactical combat rules.
Endless setting possibilities.
The D6xD6 role-playing game is centered on a single stat, Focus. The more skills you choose, the higher your character's Focus number. Choose just a few skills, and your... [click here for more]

Your small village has been plagued with nighttime attacks lately. It seems a horde of spiders has set up residence in a nearby dungeon along with a few other of their disgusting bug friends. It's up to you, hero, to find the Blood Widow of the Brood and kill her.
Welcome to One Page Dungeon. A simple and easy role-playing-game for one player. As the title suggests, you can play with... [click here for more]

What once was rain has turned to icy sleet, running down your cheeks, the back of your neck. Your hair is wet and sticks to your skin, chilling you further against the late October night. Your feet feel frozen standing in the cold mud of the woods. You know you need to find shelter quickly or you’ll certainly die of exposure. Unfortunately, your old clunker of a car broke down miles from the... [click here for more]

The world of Contagion is a dark and terrifying place. On the surface it is no different than the world you and I live in. Most people go on about their lives never realizing the terrors that walk among them.
Despite humanity’s vast ignorance, the horrors are there. Angels demons, gods and Hellspawn make war in the shadows. Clergy and Slayers rise from the human flock to protect their... [click here for more]

The world of Contagion is a dark and terrifying place. On the surface it is no different than the world you and I live in. Most people go on about their lives never realizing the terrors that walk among them. Despite humanity’s vast ignorance, the horrors are there. Angels, demons, gods and Hellspawn make war in the shadows. Clergy and Slayers rise from the human flock to protect... [click here for more]

Life in 2068
Beyond the relatively banal existences of Joe and Jane Uniform, the world of Citizens Divided is filled with unique and interesting folks, working on both sides of the corporate divide, in order to rebuild a broken world, strengthen their own futures, or support a personal agenda
Fight the Power Citizens Divided... [click here for more]

Dear Detective,If you are receiving this letter, it is because I am dead. Dark forces beyond anything you can imagine have converged upon me and taken my life from me . . . or perhaps something worse.I have seen horrors beyond what the normal human mind can comprehend. Ocean waves that seem to have a life of their own, men with the face of a fish, and a looming figure over... [click here for more]

Wander Worlds is a micro-RPG built to portray any setting. Quick to learn, epic to explore, the first edition comes with five different premade worlds ready to discover.
Cthulhu
Crime Noir
Classic Fantasy
Space Opera
Modern Spy
In short, the two-page set of universal rules can be "mad-libbed" with character traits, adventure seeds, rewards, plot twists, enemies, etc. that are provided... [click here for more]

Soldier. Captain. Admiral. When the Shohan invaded, you answered the Terran Sphere's call to arms. As a soldier in the Terran Sphere Navy, be it a marine infiltrating behind enemy lines, the captain of ship fighting at the vanguard, or an admiral in command of the fleets charged with humanity's defense, your actions and their consequences will have an impact on the fates of all the... [click here for more]

"Welcome to the party, pal."
Christmas Cop Nights is a ChapBook Roleplaying Game (CBRPG).
What is a ChapBook game? It is a light pen and paper game where the rules take up no more than thirty to forty pages total. It is intended to be fast to learn and easy to play.
What is Christmas Cop Nights? It is a game of yuletide police action and investigation set in 1980s Los Angeles,... [click here for more]

A fast-paced roleplaying game of competing agents struggling to fulfill their own personal agendas in a hostile, bureaucratic nightmare futuristic fantasy universe.CRUSH the REBELLION is a structured storytelling game with an emphasis on competitive world-building.
The actions of the players all contribute towards a shared history together, set in the fictional game universe.... [click here for more]

Sticks & Stones Prehistoric-ish Role-Playing Setting for Savage Worlds
Sticks & Stones is a romp through a prehistory that time forgot. Players choose from among a variety of races struggling for survival and dominance at the dawn of humanity. To stay alive, you’ll have to use everything you’ve got: shamanic powers, mighty beasts, brutal weapons, cunning inventions, shiny... [click here for more]

Winter Eternal is not a post apocalyptic setting. It's about what comes after the disaster, many years later when civilization is starting to thrive again.
When the sun exploded, the continent of Ehlerrac survived the wave of flames because it was on the night side of the planet. Then the earthquakes and tsunamis hit and thousands died as cities fell and the landscape were torn apart. The dark world... [click here for more]

The Day One adventures are meant to serve as an introduction to the game mechanics and unique realms of Torg Eternity. All across the world, the villainous Possibility Raiders have invaded Core Earth. Where they land, the laws of reality bend to resemble the strange worlds they came from—known as cosms in Torg Eternity.
Each adventure is set within the first 24 hours of this coordinated attack.... [click here for more]

Welcome to Radio Mystery RPG a micro role-playing game (Version 2) which recreates the old crime and noir mystery programs that played on the radio during the thirties and forties.
WHAT IS RADIO MYSTERY RPG?Radio Mystery RPG is a pen and paper RPG that takes place in the crime-ridden pulpy noir world of radio shows and programs from the 30s and 40s.
Ultimately, this... [click here for more]

The Crying Blades Houserules
turned into a Black Hack hack
If you've seen The Crying Blades, you know which game I'm talking about...
But you probably didn't, so just know this little game is inspired by The Black Hack from David Black.
The Crying Hack is a fantasy, classic OSR, easy game. It's built on the fundation of The Black Hack and it aims to retain its simplicity and flexibility,... [click here for more]